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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1909
Page
16
The publication announces subscription rates and mailing details for daily and weekly editions. It also states that corrections will be made if readers report erroneous reflections about any firm, individual, or corporation in the columns.
The article notes that a pike road near a farm raises value by at least 15 per acre. Denton county dealers sell imported stallions to improve work stock. Legislators struggle with long sessions while common workers are content with shorter or longer terms.
The Val Verde County Times opines that long time governors come from East Texas with sand in their toes and calls for a West Texas candidate showing grit in his crawl as the preferred political shift.
A Denton county farmer told this writer that the best peanuts he ever made came from the poorest land on his place. The top soil had washed away by heavy spring rains, exposing clay, yet he planted peanuts and harvested a great crop.
A syndicate of English and German cotton spinners has acquired 24 000 acres in Southwest Texas. They plan to raise some of their own cotton and may buy more land if the project succeeds, potentially finding it cheaper to buy from producers than to grow.
Demon and Precinct No. 1 show strong support for the road bond proposal. The call is to mobilize quickly to pass the bond and start road work, urging residents to back the movement and act without delay.
In Lavaca county a man reported a $190 burglary while in Merkel a man lost $250, and despite strong local banks, some residents still keep money at home. The piece warns that hiding cash risks theft and promotes bank services as safer.
A Tennessee paper notes hotels evading a statewide law by selling rooms with wash bottles and sweetening items. Georgia is cited as adopting similar dry tactics. Prohibition supporters hired a detective to expose the scheme and secure convictions, who then confiscated a bottle during a hotel room visit.
A detective admitted under cross examination that he had not bought whiskey from the defendant and that he took whiskey from a table he had hired, leading to his arrest on petty larceny and conviction for theft. The article notes the method appears to persist in Georgia.
A resolution notes the Senate forgot to thank the express company that delivered the Waters-Pierce fine to Texas and says it is not too late to correct the omission.
An Ardmore Oklahoma evangelist with many followers visited every saloon in the city and prayed for the joint-keepers to desist from the business. The scene challenges the state’s dry status assumption and reflects temperance tensions.
A new version of the soul stirring melody changes the line to I don t know what I m running for but I m sure going to run credited to H Bascom Thomas and preserves the original mood while altering the destination and purpose.
Bartonville resident John Simmons reports weekly poultry and egg expenses from 80 to 130 dollars. He notes many do not realize what share poultry and dairy provide to Denton county income.
The Record and Chronicle published a letter from an Oklahoma subscriber praising high corn prices. He notes corn sale prices of 60 cents and mentions Denton markets paying up to 85 cents for good corn at wholesale.
Taxpayer concerns fade as real estate activity rises in Texas. Denton County looks attractive to investors with prices at a low point, and the key is drawing buyers to view the land. The piece notes shifting focus from labor rhetoric to property deals and optimism about future sales.
Chairman S trong claimed whiskey kills 100000 annually in Texas, a figure dismissed by the Houston Post which cites records showing total Texas deaths from alcohol far under 25000. The article suggests a recount of the original estimate.
A Denton man spent two years touring Texas, from the Panhandle to Brownsville, visiting five real estate dealers and several counties. He eventually invested 15 600 dollars in a Denton county property, convinced Denton holds more promise than other counties. He found better satisfaction the more he looked elsewhere.
A Denton Texas resident notes that the town claims wealth for its size and warns outsiders that the other side of the creek still looks best until they have seen it. The piece contrasts local self image with neighboring areas and suggests caution for newcomers.
A columnist notes wealth disparities in a town with 200 very rich men and 10 poverty stricken. It argues that the comfortable middle class drives town and country growth, while the rich without need ignore growth, and the poor lack power to influence development. It emphasizes effort, energy, and money as keys to progress.
B C Baliwin of Fort Worth withdrew his bid for a police post saying he never held a bartender job nor drank, has no arrests, and supports strict Prohibition. He questions the commission's admission standards and suggests the action was biased against him.
The Dallas Times Herald editors classify democrats into many types ranging from anti to silk stocking and strait-jacket democrats. The piece notes the editor’s broad study in ologies and parodies the abundance of Democrat labels.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram editor mocks demagoguery and urges more progress in many areas then cites Decatur editor Dick Collis asking questions about a 1.25 tax levy. It contrasts Decatur with Bowie and Denton, noting Decatur’s lack of streets and fire services while calling for taxpayer awareness and forthcoming commentary from the Wise County Messenger.
Chamber notes via C E Seragegs with Robert Craig of Dallas urging county road bonds to spur development and institutes. Craig cites Denton as agriculturally strong and supports macadamizing East Hickory from square to station. McKinney officials seek more trade and monthly trade days with premiums for farm goods and livestock. Local residents advance cement sidewalks on East Oak Sycamore and West Sycamore streets as part of road improvements.
The Commercial Club has received the official call for delegates to the Trans Mississippian Commercial Congress meeting in Denver from August 16 through 21. The notice requests nominations and participation by local business leaders.
Geo W Stone & Co public service corporation applies for a franchise to install a gas plant in Cleveland Ohio. They propose within 30 days of acceptance to post a 5900 bond guaranteeing operation and compliance for the 50 year franchise. The matter goes to the manufacturing committee then city council. Stone may visit to present the proposition. approval is probable.
Roosevelt claims another lion as Tuesday reports detail Thornton Algie Gresham’s death and Marshal Alston’s wounding. Obituaries note Mrs. John T. Kirby’s death in Chester. Ogden Armour plans a million-dollar sunken gardens project in Pasadena. Other items include a Corsicana girl\'s carbolic acid incident and storm losses for Bee Bratch, Arkansas.
A whimsical column celebrates spring fishing lore with anglers gathering, packing gear, and traveling to rivers like the Colorado, San Saba, and Leon. The piece describes tents, baiting, casting, patient waiting, a successful catch of a perch, campfire meals, and night sounds as twilight settles.
A colorful chronicler describes a day by the river where a fisherman endures bites from fish and mosquitos as he rests and recovers. He loses oil and a jug of medicine, wanders briars, and returns to recount heroic fishing exploits to friends at Mack’s store.
In a feature in a leading American magazine Ray Stannard Baker questions how Trinity Church in New York funds its vast operations. He cites 340 870 to maintain ten churches and schools with only 18 210 from pew rents, the rest from rental income. The rector earns 15 000 yearly, vicars eight 090 each, and clergy receive free housing plus pensions, while music costs 63 000 and fuel 12 250.
The Trinity estate spent about fifty thousand dollars on salaries and expenses to manage real estate worth sixteen million three hundred thousand, yielding a net income of roughly three hundred seventy six thousand and a gross of seven hundred fifty two thousand. The 2 percent return invites criticism as private estate management lacks public reporting, leaving vestry conduct opaque.
W H Ashley expert cable man of the Southwestern Telephone company has been here since Saturday repairing pairs in the local exchange. He has repaired thirty five pairs in that period using a contrivance of his own invention that speeds locating bad places. He plans to survey the entire local system before leaving the city.
A northbound Frisco freight train scoped the caboose of another, injuring six and splintering the caboose in Granbury Texas. A cattle car was derailed and many cattle were killed or mangled. Injured include W. P. Rochelle, J. D. Holmes, D. P. Smith, Engineer Webb, Conductor Gregory, and L. Reagan with various bruises and sprains.
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